Re: Great Ebay deals on bottles and sample (lately I'm addicted to the site)

I wonder if this is the same bottle that my grandfather tried unsuccessfully to dispose of in his later years. He finally refused to shave for the last 2 years of his life, claiming 'that damn bottle' kept showing up in his medicine cabinet no matter how many times he disposed of it and he was just tired of smelling the same (post aftershave application) day after day.

Or was it just that my dad had a great sense of humor.. Hmm

Thee things cannot be long hidden: the Sun, the Moon, the Truth--Buddha

Re: Post eBay Fragrance Seller Feedback here!

Pretty much anytime you see a negative feedback that says the frag was fake, leaking, or counterfeit, I'd be extremely wary. The reason is eBay's feedback system is more geared towards the buying/shipping experience, not the quality of the goods. Most buyers add feedback as soon as the package arrives, well before they become aware there is a problem with the fragrance itself. Other people just don't know any better -- that is what we ran into with the phony Bleu and Issey sellers in Michigan, which are almost exclusively shipping good-looking phonies that last 30 minutes.

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Just an update... my order (i got the Issey i wanted aswell) from bestdealperfume arrived already, no problem! I opted for express postage (always do if its an option for any international purchase, almost no chance of it getting lost in transit & includes insurance), it was packaged safe & secure, and sent promptly.

Id definately buy again from this seller - very happy

On a side note, they both smell great too... thankfully (both blind buys).

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eBay seller: enetperfume

Bought 40ml original formula Nicole Miller for Men and .5ml samples of both BOSS Sport and Davidoff Relax. I have no history w/ BOSS Sport or Davidoff Relax, but they both smell good and potent. The Nicole Miller for Men smells just as it did in my high school days (class of '97). I never wore it myself back in the day, but a classmate of mine did, and it always smelled great. enetperfume is a good eBay seller as far as I am concerned.

Ebay Seller Perfume_Empire1

Hey there,

A few days ago I bought three tester colognes from Perfume_Empire1: Azarro Chrome, Davidoff Cool Water, and Usher Homme. The prices for the tester we're almost exactly what FragranceX would charge, but I bought from them because I though shipping might be a little faster, but I just thought about the possibility of fakes and now I'm having post-purchase paranoia. This seller has almost 60'000 reviews and a 99.6% positive feedback rating with quite a few of the negatives being from people who bought testers and complained about not having a lid. They also have a 30 day satisfaction guaranteed return policy.

Anybody deal with them in the past and know whether or not they are selling genuine or have any advice to give on the subject?

Re: Ebay Seller Perfume_Empire1

People who gave a negative feedback because the fragrance didnt have a lid for their tester obviously don't know what a tester is. Most testers don't come with lids and come in a plain box. With 60000 reviews and a 99.6% record, I woulnt worry.

Is it ok to rant here about evilbay perfume scalpers?

Not sure if this will get me in trouble, but I am so sick of being outbid by a particular seller who buys up every bit of Molyneux Vivre and turns around and lists it at outrageously high prices. Any advice from those more wise & experienced than me? Thanks!

Re: Is it ok to rant here about evilbay perfume scalpers?

Unfortunately, this happens..it's pretty outrageous.

What I find funny are those sellers that list it for more than it goes for on the perfumer's website/retail.

Like I see some listed for like $150 and on the perfumer's site, it sells for under $100. Like, might as well buy it from the legit perfume site, you know you are getting quality, lol, what are these people thinking?

Re: Is it ok to rant here about evilbay perfume scalpers?

Originally Posted by kalli

Unfortunately, this happens..it's pretty outrageous.

What I find funny are those sellers that list it for more than it goes for on the perfumer's website/retail.

Like I see some listed for like $150 and on the perfumer's site, it sells for under $100. Like, might as well buy it from the legit perfume site, you know you are getting quality, lol, what are these people thinking?

Was thinking the same thing. I've been buying for years and have pretty much given up on auctions at this point partly for this reason. I've narrowed my ebay buying to a few trusted sellers and then only when I see something for a much better price than I can get from the house itself.

Re: Is it ok to rant here about evilbay perfume scalpers?

I've actually never tried it, and the only place available to sample is TPC for $14 a ml, so it makes it difficult to bid a large amount unsniffed. I guess what annoys me is these "retailers" aren't adding any value and they are not going from one venue to another, i.e. scouring thrift stores and estate sales to stock their ebay stores. They are not offering a service, just creating a false demand and trying to monopolize the supply. It is so different and at odds with the attitudes of the perfume community, IMHO. Thanks for letting me rant, and sorry if I've offended anyone.

Re: Is it ok to rant here about evilbay perfume scalpers?

Rant away! This is the downside of capitalism, of course. But probably the seller is just trying to earn some money to pay her bills...like all of us.

It's actually pretty common for sellers to purchase their items on eBay and then relist them at a higher price, but it's generally advised on the eBay boards that members use different IDs for buying, selling and posting. My husband buys on one account and sells on another.

Re: Is it ok to rant here about evilbay perfume scalpers?

Eh, I get what you're saying. Ebay is a place with some pretty rancid ethics which really is the logical result of money being involved. What I really hate is the sellers who sell vintage without knowing a damn thing about fragrances. So often I see things listed incorrectly, retarded ass labels, false information about concentrations or age, but unfortunately it's the same with many hobbies. I'm a big fan of straight razors and I see the same things going on with vintage razors, or even new ones, brushes, and hones. I also love art deco silver and that's probably the worst.

Go to Ebay and type in 'Art deco' and you'll find entries for so much modern stuff or art nouveau and all manner of other things listed as art deco. Not to mention how often you find things listed as sterling silver which are anything but.

I think if you're selling vintage fragrances (or anything else for that matter) you should know a thing or two about the subject. I don't expect everyone to be an expert. There are many houses I know next to nothing about, but you can do some research. Especially considering what some of these people charge; if you expect to make hundreds of dollars off a product and can't even be bothered to spend twenty minutes reading about it you're a twat. Funnily enough though even Ebay vintage prices arn't as bad as the prices of some modern stuff. I see Guerlain stuff on Ebay for 4-600 dollars, for modern scents by Thierry Wasser! I can do nothing but laugh when you could buy vintage Jicky parfum for the same money, even on Ebay.

Usually I only bid on things that are partly used or with limited shipping as this drives most resellers away or cuts down on the number of bidders so that the auctions are less competetive. I've gotten some amazing deals this way. 30ml Givenchy Gentleman for $50, and a 100ml for around the same price both sprayed only a tiny bit. Not long ago I got a bottle of vintage Arpege that shipped only to Australia (unused!) for $29, and a slightly used bottle of Farouche for about $70

If you are prepared to save and buy large quantities where available you often get better prices. My first wife had a 1 liter flacon of Je Reviens EDT which a friend brought her from Paris. I now have it and it is very nearly empty. I'm seriously considering buying another for $600, and getting such a well-known vintage perfume for less than $1 per ml is pretty amazing.

I suppose I'm somewhat lucky though since I covet vintage Worth fragrances over and above all else, and given that Parfums Worth flopped downmarket in a huge way a long time ago they're just not that trendy or in demand. I'd be screwed if I was in love with Guerlain, Dior or Chanel >.> Nina Ricci is bad enough.

Re: Is this a reputable eBay seller?

This is a seller I have not actually heard of so I don't really know if they're legit or not. I've bought a good number of fragrances on ebay and I don't recall having come across this seller. Sorry I couldn't be more help.

Re: Is this a reputable eBay seller?

Originally Posted by Profumo Saggio

This is a seller I have not actually heard of so I don't really know if they're legit or not. I've bought a good number of fragrances on ebay and I don't recall having come across this seller. Sorry I couldn't be more help.

It's okay, thanks for the response . Also, could you please PM me a list or something of reputable sellers via eBay for fragrances? Thanks in advance.

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Hm, so I messaged the seller about (mainly) legitimacy of frags, and the response I got is.. not really satisfactory.

"A review of our feedback and top rated seller status will answer this question for you."

There's probably been lots of people who have gotten fakes and don't know better and have left positive feedback on eBay.

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yuranluba2007 sells fake chanel allure homme sport

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Update: Yuranluba2007 refunded me $50 (paid 60) for a fake bottle of chanel AHS. It doesn't make up for selling fakes but a step in the right direction. Lesson learned will be more careful when buying online

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I highly recommend buying from Perfume4us. I received a bottle that had leaked, and Adam (who I believe is the owner) offered to either refund the amount of the bottle that had leaked, or send me a new bottle and cover the return shipping and process a refund of the old one.

When I contacted her to let her know, I inadvertently opened an ebay case, as when you try to e-mail them that the item arrived not as advertised, it automatically does that.

It's one thing to be a seller and make a mistake, we are all human, but the way this woman responded was absolutely AWFUL! She accused me of lying and that I had buyer's remorse (BF got a good laugh at this, as I have no remorse to blowing all my expendable cash on vintage perfume!). Her attitude really ruined my (Halloween) evening. I sent it back and am out return shipping, which isn't that much, but it is annoying to have to pay for her mistake (not checking her item properly) and worst of all, having to deal with her. Her response to my feedback:

Re: Post eBay Fragrance Seller Feedback here!

Some good ones, some negative ones:

First of all, Al-Afdal. Mostly they sell cheapish but fairly nice-smelling attars and mukhallats, and their jamid cubes smell ab-so-lute-ly heavenly. I purchased their musk and rose jamids a while ago and hung them up in my bathroom and in my wardrobe and even keep one cube of the musk beside my bed to sniff it when I need a quick fix. Some of the fragrance oils are quite nice, too--their Ambergris Deluxe is gorgeous in its sweetness.

The downside? This guy will rip you off with the postage. He absolutely refuses to combine postage and then quotes some rubbish about P&P and insuring the packages and whatnot. First of all, eBay doesn't allow sellers to charge extra for insuring packages and secondly, I bought three bottles, all of which got sent to me in an envelope for a bit over £3 going by the stamp, but he charged me £9 for the postage, as if he was sending each bottle separately. I pointed this out to him and he just got snooty at me and refused to refund me the extra £6. I also asked him about the various perfumes and jamids before and after my purchases, and he always comes across as kind of condescending whenever you try to communicate with him, like he's turning his nose up at you. It really is a shame, because if he didn't overcharge for the postage, I would be buying more than one item at a time from him again as I really do find his own scents really wonderful. It's just poor business, and I have no idea how he's managed to keep up a 99.8% rating with this postage rubbish. Perhaps this is only the case with buyers from outside the UK; I don't know.

As for excellent sellers: I've had a great experience with bacchuz84. They've got some hard-to-find perfumes for fixed prices so you don't have to fight for them, and the prices are far better than in most other places. And the postage is free everywhere--they use a really fast shipping method as well (can't remember if it was a courier service, but I think it might have been, which is amazing, considering how affordable the perfumes are anyway). But then again, I live in Finland and it's an insanely expensive country for pretty much everything. Gucci's Rush is my favourite Western perfume of all time and it's getting increasingly hard to find, so I was overjoyed when I found out they stocked it and grabbed some for myself before the scent vanishes altogether. But yep, great customer service, affordable prices and swift, free shipping.

And back to the oudhs and attars--I've only had one transaction with Aloes of Ish so far and he seems like a great guy and his stuff is just wonderful, and I know others have had good experiences with him, too. My oudh got shipped really fast and was amazing value for money, and the free sample attar was nummy as well.

Paradise Perfumes and Gems is another seller of oudhs and mukhallats and bakhoor, and while some of their perfume prices are a bit high, they ship really fast, combine postage and are incredibly flexible when it comes to combining items. I primarily buy bakhoor incense bricks from them and they're probably my favourite eBay seller when it comes to the stuff. They have several auctions where they will, for example, offer a pack of four different bakhoors where I've liked all of them except one and they've substituted it for one I did like without a problem, stuff like that. They're really friendly and nice and the shipping costs are reasonable and they ship really fast.

Those are the sellers I can think of off the top of my head, but will list more once I'm less tired

Re: Post eBay Fragrance Seller Feedback here!

snowgrouse, I'm puzzled- I clicked on your link for Al-Afdal and looked randomly at one of his listings. Clicking on shipping details, with Finland as receiving country, he shows a reduced rate for each additional item.

Re: Post eBay Fragrance Seller Feedback here!

Originally Posted by 30 Roses

snowgrouse, I'm puzzled- I clicked on your link for Al-Afdal and looked randomly at one of his listings. Clicking on shipping details, with Finland as receiving country, he shows a reduced rate for each additional item.

I wouldn't trust that myself just yet--I haven't got the money to risk trying to buy more than one item from him right now, but when I added a couple of oils to my shopping basket and went to the checkout page, it didn't offer an automated postage discount like many other shops do. It could be that he just hasn't programmed that in yet, but I'm also not looking forward to sending the guy a request for a new invoice, considering how rude he was to me the last time. But if someone else outside the UK wants to give it a go, I'd be quite interested to know if he really has mended his ways.

Re: Post eBay Fragrance Seller Feedback here!

Maybe you just got off on the wrong foot. Perhaps the discount isn't automated. Then again, maybe it is, but eBay has a lot of glitches for sellers and things don't always work the way they should. I'd go ahead and ask for the new invoice.

Then, too, sometimes directness is mistaken for rudeness. In written communication there is no tone or facial expression. Add language and cultural differences, and it's easy to misunderstand each other.

Re: Post eBay Fragrance Seller Feedback here!

Originally Posted by 30 Roses

Maybe you just got off on the wrong foot. Perhaps the discount isn't automated. Then again, maybe it is, but eBay has a lot of glitches for sellers and things don't always work the way they should. I'd go ahead and ask for the new invoice.

Then, too, sometimes directness is mistaken for rudeness. In written communication there is no tone or facial expression. Add language and cultural differences, and it's easy to misunderstand each other.

He's always been pretty condescending, to the point where I don't feel like having to expose myself to his rudeness again. And I don't really know what to think about your comment myself right now, as I feel like you're implying I don't know that communicating on the internet can be difficult (I've been online for twenty years now, so to be told obvious stuff like that feels a little strange, even a tad condescending). I may be a newbie here but not exactly a newbie to eBay or to communicating with people (across cultures and whatnot), and I can tell when someone is being snooty and disrespectful, and that guy has never come across as particularly helpful or nice. I have exchanged several messages with him, too, asking about the sources and materials of various scents and he's... kind of been sneery about them, too. So it's not like I'm complaining because I've just got some paranoid bad vibe about the guy or if it was an one-time communication glitch. It's been a series of uncomfortable exchanges. And I didn't even really come here to solely bash the guy or anything, anyway--he's got some great stuff to sell and I really like it; I wouldn't have put up with him for so long if some of his stuff wasn't quality.

But anyway, I'll leave it at that--I apologise if I sounded too ranty or whatever, but I must admit like I'm now made to defend myself or something, so I'd better shut up before I start getting *too* defensive. But do trust that I wouldn't randomly start complaining about someone if it was just some bad hunch or feeling or whatever--this guy did rip me off and then he was rude about it afterwards, and was huffy in several messages, that's all. Which is a shame. I do hope others won't have to have the same experience as I did.